TARLAC CITY (PIA) -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) awarded to the Philippine Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) a special patent for the Camp O’Donnell transmitter station in Capas, Tarlac.
 
DENR Officials, led by Regional Executive Director Paquito Moreno Jr., personally handed the special patent to IMCOM Commander Brigadier General Domingo Gobway.
 
In a statement, the agency said the patent covers 350 hectares, and provides an area for IMCOM, Training and Doctrine Command, and the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Peacekeeping Operations Center.
 
During World War II, Camp O’Donnell transmitter station served as a communication facility that can provide wide-area radio broadcasts and point-to-point radio transmissions to United States Navy ships within the vicinity of the Philippines.
 
In 2022, DENR also awarded a special patent to the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office for the 50-hectare Capas National Shrine.
 
This activity is part of the Handog Titulo program that expedites the issuance of land titles to qualified beneficiaries.
 
It also aims to preserve the integrity of military camps and prevent them from potential encroachment and illegal occupation. (CLJD-PIA 3)